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Socrates
Well then, are they willing to put themselves forward as teachers of the young, and avow that they are teachers and that virtue is to be taught?Meno
No, no, Socrates, I assure you: sometimes you may hear them refer to it as teachable, but sometimes as not.Socrates
Then are we to call those persons teachers of this thing, when they do not even agree on that great question?Meno
I should say not, Socrates.Socrates
Well, and what of the sophists? Do you consider these, its only professors,
Well then, are they willing to put themselves forward as teachers of the young, and avow that they are teachers and that virtue is to be taught?Meno
No, no, Socrates, I assure you: sometimes you may hear them refer to it as teachable, but sometimes as not.Socrates
Then are we to call those persons teachers of this thing, when they do not even agree on that great question?Meno
I should say not, Socrates.Socrates
Well, and what of the sophists? Do you consider these, its only professors,